"good heavens" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ɡʊd ˈhɛvənz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-good heavens.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} good heavens
  1. (dated, exclamation) An exclamation of surprise or shock. Tags: dated Synonyms: wow Translations (exclamation of surprise or shock): يا سلام (Arabic), يا يوم أبيض (Arabic), небеса (nebesa) (Bulgarian), 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a) (Chinese Mandarin), Dio mia (Esperanto), ĉielo (Esperanto), armas taevas (Estonian), hyvänen aika (Finnish), herra paratkoon (Finnish), taivaan vallat (Finnish), bonté divine (French), ciel (French), Seigneur (French), juste ciel (French), meu Deus [masculine] (Galician), Gott im Himmel (German), te jó ég (Hungarian), te jóságos ég (Hungarian), atyaég (Hungarian), jesszusom (Hungarian), a Mhaighdean bheannaithe! (Irish), a thiarcais! (Irish), go bhfóire Dia orainn! (Irish), apriti cielo (Italian), したり (shitari) (Japanese), ya Tuhan (Malay), rere (Maori), āwaiā (Maori), hika mā (Maori), cor chapin [Guernsey] (Norman), herregud (Norwegian), ojejku (Polish), céus (Portuguese), cerule (Romanian), mo chreach (Scottish Gaelic), fhiacais (Scottish Gaelic), thìochdaisean (Scottish Gaelic), a shìorraidh (Scottish Gaelic), cielo santo (Spanish), milda makter (Swedish), du store tid (Swedish), himmel (Swedish), jösses (Swedish), maawaing langit (Tagalog), üstüme iyilik sağlık (Turkish), y nefoedd wen (Welsh), y nefoedd annwyl (Welsh), אוי (oy) (Yiddish), גאָט אין הימל (got in himl) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-good_heavens-en-intj-mBWsJdl- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "يا سلام"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "word": "bonté divine"
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          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "te jó ég"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "atyaég"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "jesszusom"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "a Mhaighdean bheannaithe!"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "a thiarcais!"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "go bhfóire Dia orainn!"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "apriti cielo"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitari",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "したり"
        },
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "rere"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "āwaiā"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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        },
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          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "herregud"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "ojejku"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "céus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "cerule"
        },
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "mo chreach"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "cielo santo"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "milda makter"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "du store tid"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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        },
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "maawaing langit"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "y nefoedd annwyl"
        },
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oy",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
          "word": "אוי"
        },
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "got in himl",
          "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "يا سلام"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "يا يوم أبيض"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nebesa",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǒ de tiān a",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "我的天啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "Dio mia"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "ĉielo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "armas taevas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "hyvänen aika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "herra paratkoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "taivaan vallat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "bonté divine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "ciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "Seigneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "juste ciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meu Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "Gott im Himmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "te jó ég"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "te jóságos ég"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "atyaég"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "jesszusom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "a Mhaighdean bheannaithe!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "a thiarcais!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "go bhfóire Dia orainn!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "apriti cielo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitari",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "したり"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "ya Tuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "rere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "āwaiā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "hika mā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey"
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      "word": "cor chapin"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "herregud"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "ojejku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "céus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "cerule"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "mo chreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "fhiacais"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "thìochdaisean"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "a shìorraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "cielo santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "milda makter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "du store tid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "himmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "jösses"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "maawaing langit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "üstüme iyilik sağlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "y nefoedd wen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "y nefoedd annwyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oy",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "אוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "got in himl",
      "sense": "exclamation of surprise or shock",
      "word": "גאָט אין הימל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "good heavens"
}

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